 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 536 sidor
...the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must...be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace — oiie of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity — it must be known that we are, at all... | |
 | United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Navigation - 1885 - 796 sidor
...Congress that the rank due the United States among the nations should not be lost by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult we must;...be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace as one of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity it must be known at all times that we are... | |
 | Reunion Society of Vermont Officers - 1906 - 412 sidor
...the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by a reputation for weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it. If we desire peace, one of the most powerful instruments in our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are... | |
 | George Washington - 1891 - 550 sidor
...the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must...The documents, which will be presented to you, will show the amount and kinds of arms and military stores now in our magazines and arsenals ; and yet an... | |
 | William Wallace Bates - 1892 - 530 sidor
...the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must...prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times prepared for war." Now, what is our reputation as to the sea? Who believes that we have any power there... | |
 | George Washington - 1894 - 510 sidor
...the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must...be known, that we are, at all times, ready for war. OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS. 1793. Offensive operations, oftentimes, are the surest, if not in some cases... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1918 - 476 sidor
...when he announced that celebrated doctrine : "There is a rank due the United States among Nations. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel...peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war. ' ' It is because we have not... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1895 - 466 sidor
...his opening address, after his re-election, he used the expression which has often been quoted since, "If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war. ' ' During Washington's second term, even... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1896 - 666 sidor
...to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must...must be known that we are at all times ready for war. ANDREW JACKSON. WASHINGTON, January 27, 1836. The undersigned, His Britannic Majesty's charge ' d'affaires,... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1908 - 678 sidor
...to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must...must be known that we are at all times ready for war. ANDREW JACKSON. WASHINGTON, January 27, 1836. The undersigned, His Britannic Majesty's charge' d'affaires,... | |
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There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments... 
